• Gender differences in the association between positive drinking attitudes and alcohol-related problems. The WIRUS study 

  Hashemi, Neda; Thørrisen, Mikkel Magnus; Skogen, Jens Christoffer; Sagvaag, Hildegunn; de Porras, David Gimeno Ruiz; Aas, Randi Wågø (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-08)

  BACKGROUND: Alcohol consumption is deeply integrated in people’s social- and work lives and, thus, constitutes a serious public health challenge. Attitudes toward drinking stand out as important predictors of drinking, but ...

• Supplementing Clinical Practice in Nursing Homes With Simulation Training: A Qualitative Study of Nursing Students’ Experiences 

  Olaussen, Camilla; Aase, Ingunn; Jelsness-Jørgensen, Lars-Petter; Tvedt, Christine Raaen; Steindal, Simen Alexander (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-12)

  Introduction Limited access to nurse supervisors, insufficient learning support and staff with high workloads are well documented in the research literature as barriers to nursing students´ learning in clinical practice ...

• The role of transformational leadership, job demands and job resources for patient safety culture in Norwegian nursing homes: a cross-sectional study 

  Seljemo, Camilla; Viksveen, Petter; Ree, Eline (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-08)

  Background Transformational leadership style is considered to be of importance to increase patient safety, to facilitate a balance between job resources and job demands, and to create a sound patient safety culture within ...

• Resilience in healthcare (RiH): a longitudinal research programme protocol 

  Aase, Karina; Guise, Veslemøy; Billett, Stephen; Sollid, Stephen J.M.; Njå, Ove; Røise, Olav; Manser, Tanja; Anderson, Janet; Wiig, Siri (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-10)

  Introduction Over the past three decades, extensive research has been undertaken to understand the elements of what constitutes high quality in healthcare. Yet, much of this research has been conducted on individual elements ...

• Home-dwelling persons with dementia. The impact of individual and organizational factors on the use of health resources and quality of life. 

  Ydstebø, Arnt Egil (PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2020-11)

  Background and aim The prevalence of dementia increases with age, and as the world’s population is growing older, the number of people with dementia is rising rapidly. Dementia is a progressive disease causing the affected ...

• Neurofilament light is a biomarker of brain involvement in lupus and primary Sjögren’s syndrome 

  Tjensvoll, Anne Bolette; Lauvsnes, Maria Boge; Zetterberg, Henrik; Kvaløy, Jan Terje; Kvivik, Ingeborg; Maroni, Stian; Greve, Ole Jacob; Beyer, Mona K.; Hirohata, Shunsei; Putterman, Chaim; Alves, Guido Werner; Harboe, Erna; Blennow, Kaj; Gøransson, Lasse; Omdal, Roald (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-10)

  Background To test the hypothesis that neurofilament light (NfL) in CSF is a biomarker of CNS involvement in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS), we measured NfL in CSF ...

• Existential experiences of living with obesity – perspectives from the views of individuals and health professionals: A qualitative study. 

  Haga, Britt Marit (PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2020-11)

  Background Obesity is a serious health challenge around the world. It imposes great limitations upon everyday activities, evokes stigmatisation and discrimination and creates a sense of failure. For many of those affected, ...

• Anastomotic leak after surgery for colon cancer and effect on long‐term survival 

  Stormark, Kjartan; Krarup, Peter-Martin; Sjövall, Annika; Søreide, Kjetil; Kvaløy, Jan Terje; Nordholm-Carstensen, Andreas; Nedrebø, Bjørn Steinar Olden; Kørner, Hartwig (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-02)

  Aim An anastomotic leak after surgery for colon cancer is a recognized complication but how it may adversely affect long‐term survival is less clear because data are scarce. The aim of the study was to investigate the ...

• Hvordan videreutvikler anestesisykepleiere sin faglige kompetanse? 

  Liafjell, Katharina Cecilie; Kvia, Ragnhild Kirstina (Masteroppgave/UIS-HV/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-04)

  Bakgrunn: Anestesisykepleiernes hverdag er hektisk, med stadig mer komplekse arbeidsoppgaver og liten tid mellom operasjoner. De skal gi sykepleie på et avansert nivå, både i rutinepregede og komplekse situasjoner, hvor ...

• Exploring health literacy in patients with chronic kidney disease: a qualitative study 

  Urstad, Kristin Hjorthaug; Stømer, Une Elisabeth; Wahl, Astrid Klopstad; Gøransson, Lasse Gunnar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-07)

  Background Patients with chronic kidney disease make day-to-day decisions about how to self-manage their disease. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) includes a risk for progression towards end-stage renal disease and the ...

• Defining the boundaries and operational concepts of resilience in the resilience in healthcare research program 

  Wiig, Siri; Aase, Karina; Billett, Stephen; Canfield, Carolyn; Røise, Olav; Njå, Ove; Guise, Veslemøy; Haraldseid-Driftland, Cecilie; Ree, Eline; Anderson, Janet; Macrae, Carl (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-04)

  Background Understanding the resilience of healthcare is critically important. A resilient healthcare system might be expected to consistently deliver high quality care, withstand disruptive events and continually adapt, ...

• Post-incident reviews—a gift to the Ward or just another procedure? Care providers’ experiences and considerations regarding post-incident reviews after restraint in mental health services. A qualitative study 

  Hammervold, Unn Elisabeth; Norvoll, Reidun; Vevatne, Kari; Sagvaag, Hildegunn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-06)

  Abstract: Public guidelines in many western countries recommend post-incident reviews (PIRs) with patients after restraint use in mental health care. PIRs are one of several elements of seclusion and restraint reduction ...

• Increasing similarities between young adults' smoking and snus use in Norway: a study of the trends and stages of smoking and snus epidemic from 2010 to 2018 

  Tjora, Tore; Skogen, Jens Christoffer; Sivertsen, Børge (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-10)

  Background The prevalence of smoking has been decreasing in Norway for decades. In contrast, the prevalence of snus use has recently increased substantially, especially among females. While there is a clear social gradient ...

• Exploring links between resilience and the macro-level development of healthcare regulation- a Norwegian case study 

  Øyri, Sina Furnes; Braut, Geir Sverre; Macrae, Carl James; Wiig, Siri (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-08)

  Background The relationship between quality and safety regulation and resilience in healthcare has received little systematic scrutiny. Accordingly, this study examines the introduction of a new regulatory framework (the ...

• Pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain: Prognosis, risk factors, consequences, and chiropractic management 

  Gausel, Anne Marie (PhD thesis UiS;541, Doctoral thesis, 2020-09)

  Background Pelvic girdle pain (PGP) is a common musculoskeletal disorder during pregnancy; affected women experience various degrees of pain, disability, and reduced quality of life. In addition, PGP is a frequent cause ...

• Living with unexplained chest pain: Experiences of information needs and physical activities 

  Røysland, Ingrid Ølfarnes (PhD thesis UiS;481, Doctoral thesis, 2020-03)

  Background: Unexplained chest pain is a common condition in medical settings. A large number of these patients will continue to suffer from chest pain after medical examination with negative findings. Unexplained chest ...

• Discovery and Validation of Biomarkers in Breast Cancer 

  Egeland, Nina Gran (PhD thesis UiS;546, Doctoral thesis, 2020-09)

  Worldwide, breast cancer is the most common malignancy among women, and although treatment and prognosis have improved substantially over the last decades, for some patients the risk of recurrence remains for several years ...

• Self‐tracking in effortful activities: Gender differences in consumers' task experience 

  Jin, Daoyan; Halvari, Halgeir; Mæhle, Natalia; Niemiec, Christopher (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-07)

  Despite the increasing use of self‐tracking technologies, surprisingly little empirical research has examined the effect of self‐tracking in effortful activities on consumers' task experience. Accordingly, the present ...

• "Det er velkjent at det burde vært mer"- En kvalitativ studie av helsepersonells opplevelse av fysisk aktivitet i behandling av psykoselidelser 

  Rosseland, Anja (Masteroppgave/UIS-HV/2019;, Master thesis, 2019)

  Studien undersøker hvordan helsepersonell opplever fysisk aktivitet som en del av behandlingen til pasienter med psykoselidelser. Her inkluderes deres opplevelse av hvordan det blir tilrettelagt for at fysisk aktivitet ...

• Fremmende og hemmende faktorer ved arbeidsinkludering av mennesker med psykiske helseutfordringer gjennom Individual Placement and Support sett fra erfarne jobbspesialisters ståsted 

  Tønnessen, Mariell Justnes (Masteroppgave/UIS-HV/2020;, Master thesis, 2020)

  Formålet med studien har vært å øke kunnskapen om oppfølgingsmodellen Individual Placement and Support (IPS) i en norsk kontekst. Studiens problemstilling har vært: Hemmende og fremmende faktorer ved arbeidsinkludering ...

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